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Eavesdropping

The act of secretly listening in on any private conversation, from listening over someone’s shoulder to wiretapping. In networking, this takes the form of an attacker using special network monitoring software (also known as a sniffer) to intercept and record communication between two parties (for example, between two hosts or a client and a server) with the goal of capturing valuable, sensitive information. The attacker connects to each victim independently and relays all messages between them, making each believe they are communicating directly with one another when, in fact, the attacker is in control. Eavesdropping is a form of man-in-the-middle attack.

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